August 23rd Close -Guptas

In 321 b.c., a young adventurer, ______________forged the first Indian empire

• Abraham Lincoln

• Sanjay Gupta

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Nelson Mandela

Mauryan capital at Pataliputra boasted ________and a ______ as well as splendid palaces and _______. An awed Megasthenes reported that the wall around the city “was crowned with 530 towers and had 64 gates.”

• garages, houses, restaurants

• airports, train stations, ports

• schools, libraries, and temples

Chandragupta maintained order through a well-organized _________.

• education system

• militia

• government

Royal officials supervised the building of _______ and harbors to benefit trade.

• airports

• roads

• train stations

• side walks

________ Grandson to Chandragupta Maurya last major emperor in the Mauryan dynasty

• Ashoka Maurya

• Takanomi Gome

• Ahmed Sitartrah

• Mohammad Jones

Ashoka engaged in violent wars of conquest. ○ Guilt associated with this violence drove Ashoka to convert to ^_________

• Shintoism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

After the adoption of Buddhism, Ashoka: ○ Never again went to _______ ○ Made it state policy to promote Buddhism throughout his empire

• council

• war

• school

• home

The ________ Empire came to power in 320 CE.

• Gupta

• Brhama

• Olean

• Nordic

Gupta emperors organized a strong central _________ that promoted peace and prosperity.

• government

• church

• council

• deposition

Trade and farming flourished across the Gupta empire.

• TRUE

• FALSE